EP2251949A2 - Drehbahre Schreibtischbox - Google Patents

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EP2251949A2
EP2251949A2 EP10159777A EP10159777A EP2251949A2 EP 2251949 A2 EP2251949 A2 EP 2251949A2 EP 10159777 A EP10159777 A EP 10159777A EP 10159777 A EP10159777 A EP 10159777A EP 2251949 A2 EP2251949 A2 EP 2251949A2
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holder
desk box
lid
abutment frame
desk
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Staffan Eriksson
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Schneider Electric Industries SAS
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G3/00—Installations of electric cables or lines or protective tubing therefor in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles
    • H02G3/02—Details
    • H02G3/08—Distribution boxes; Connection or junction boxes
    • H02G3/12—Distribution boxes; Connection or junction boxes for flush mounting
    • H02G3/128—Distribution boxes; Connection or junction boxes for flush mounting in plinths, channels, raceways or similar
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B21/00—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
    • A47B21/06—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards characterised by means for holding, fastening or concealing cables
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H02—GENERATION; CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER
    • H02G—INSTALLATION OF ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES, OR OF COMBINED OPTICAL AND ELECTRIC CABLES OR LINES
    • H02G3/00—Installations of electric cables or lines or protective tubing therefor in or on buildings, equivalent structures or vehicles
    • H02G3/02—Details
    • H02G3/08—Distribution boxes; Connection or junction boxes
    • H02G3/18—Distribution boxes; Connection or junction boxes providing line outlets
    • H02G3/185—Floor outlets and access cups
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B21/00—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
    • A47B21/06—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards characterised by means for holding, fastening or concealing cables
    • A47B2021/066—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards characterised by means for holding, fastening or concealing cables with power or communication connection interface
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B2200/00—General construction of tables or desks
    • A47B2200/008—Tables or desks having means for applying electronic or electric devices
    • A47B2200/0082—Cable inlet in worktop or desk, e.g. grommet

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  • the present invention relates to the area of desk boxes recessed in table tops for electric, tele- and data socket connections.
  • the patent specification JP 8008005 discloses a desk box that is formed with a holder provided with an abutment frame, which holder is mounted recessed in a table top. In the holder, an electric insert is mounted that is provided with two switch-in connections.
  • This desk box is further provided with two hinged doors that are opened and closed against each other so that they form a transverse slit across the box. When one plug is connected to this box, at least one of the doors has to be open, and when two plugs are connected, both doors have to be open.
  • the present invention aims at providing a desk box for electric, tele- and data socket connections that is user-friendly, reasonably liquid-proof as well as plane and concealed from the upperside of a table surface also during use.
  • a further object of the invention is to provide a space in the box in order to, at least partly, receive electric cables that are connected to the desk box.
  • a further object of the invention is that the desk box should be able to assume a connection position for improved accessibility when plugs are connected as well as an operating position in order to conceal the plugs when they are connected.
  • an object of the invention is to enable a desk box that further provides the possibility of connection of electric wires from below.
  • the invention concerns a desk box comprising fastening members to fix the desk box in a table top. It also comprises an essentially rectangular abutment frame that is arranged to abut against the table top as well as a lid placed over an opening formed by the abutment frame in the desk box. When the lid is dosed, the desk box obtains an essentially plane geometry also when electric cables are connected.
  • the desk box further comprises a first end wall connected to a first short side of the abutment frame and a second end wall connected to a second short side of the abutment frame, a holder being mounted in said end walls. In this connection, the holder is arranged to carry at least one first electric insert to which external electric equipment is connectable by said cables.
  • the holder is formed with first mounting members in which the first electric insert is detachably mounted, the holder being turnably mounted to the end walls for rotation around a turning spindle between a connection position, in which the holder is essentially parallel orientated in relation to the abutment frame in order to facilitate connection of plugs to said insert, and an operating position, in which the holder is turned by an angle in the interval of 30°-60°, preferably 45°, in relation to the abutment frame so that also the first electric insert obtains the same angle in relation to the abutment frame and thereby the table top.
  • This angled position of the holder and the electric inserts means that an increased space is created inside the desk box in order to receive the plugs and to encase cable connections also when the lid is closed.
  • the holder is provided with second mounting members that are counter-directed to said first mounting members so that at least one second electric insert also can be detachably mounted in the holder for the connection of external electric equipment from the opposite side of the holder.
  • second mounting members By virtue of said second mounting members, a double-sided mounting of the electric inserts is obtained so that consumers also can be connected from the underside of the table.
  • the holder is formed as a section provided with longitudinal grooves and in which the electric inserts can be continuously variably mounted along the section.
  • the holder By forming the holder as a section having longitudinal grooves, a plurality of electric inserts of different widths can be mounted at optional locations along the section. Also cover lids can be mounted at locations where no insert is mounted in order to obtain a protection against cables penetrating into the section.
  • the lid is provided with a compliant means that connects to the long side of the abutment frame.
  • the compliant means allows cables to be connected to the desk box in spite of the door being dosed, thereby preventing dust and objects from coming down into the box.
  • the underside of the lid is connected to a hinge mechanism that is mounted to the long side of the abutment frame so that said mechanism is concealed when the lid is closed.
  • the hinge mechanism is preferably of the type where a push at the front edge of the lid opens a closed lid and where the lid is closed by pressing the lid downward into closed position in which it stops.
  • the concealed mechanism means that the desk box is essentially plane on a level with the table surface both without and with cables connected.
  • the compliant means is provided with an edge bulge adapted to a groove in the lid in order to thereby be mountable on the lid by the edge bulge being inserted into the groove. That the mounting of the means is carried out in this way implies that the means can be easily replaced, e.g., if the connection thereof to the abutment frame has been deformed or if the present means is to be replaced by another type of means.
  • said compliant means is formed either as an elastic edge or as a brush-shaped edge in order for the lid, as far as possible, to connect to the abutment frame when electric wires run out from the desk box.
  • An elastic edge results in a good dust protection with closed door, while a brush-shaped edge results in a plane surface of the box at connected cables. Accordingly, the edge of the lid can be adapted to a specific use of the box.
  • said holder is formed to carry a plurality of electric inserts, cover means or spacer means.
  • a "long" holder in a “long” desk box many electric inserts can be mounted and used simultaneously, which in certain cases is desirable.
  • Voltage feed may be used together with broadband, telephones and conference equipment in one and the same desk box, which implies a wide field of application.
  • the movable holder is provided with at least one springing fastening means that is arranged to co-operate with a lock means placed in the stationary part of the desk box.
  • the springing fastening means can snap-in into the lock means and fix the holder in the connection position in order to facilitate a connection of plugs to the inserts by the holder being locked parallel to the table top. In this position, the access of the electric inserts is the very best and they are in addition almost on a level with the table top, the connection of the plugs being very simple.
  • the springing fastening means is formed as a tongue projecting from a holder end wall.
  • the formation as a tongue means that the fastening means does not need to be manufactured separately but can be punched out together with the holder end wall.
  • the lock means is formed as a punched lug placed in the end wall of the desk box so that the free end of the lug is directed toward the inside of the lid when the lid is closed.
  • the lock means can be manufactured at the same time as the end wall.
  • a natural and close contact between the lock means and the fastening means is provided.
  • the fastening means is provided with a gripping part in order to allow the fastening means to be actuatable to spring in the longitudinal direction of the holder as well as to be able to constitute a handle for the turning of the holder between the operating position thereof and the connection position thereof.
  • the gripping part means a further improvement of the manual manoeuvrability of the holder upon locking, unlocking as well as angulation.
  • the angular turning of the holder from the connection position is limited against a stop face placed adjacent to the hinge mechanism.
  • the stop face represents a natural stop for the angular motion and may, e.g., be integrated directly in the hinge mechanism or the holder thereof.
  • the invention concerns a desk box comprising at least one electric insert, but often a plurality, to which electric products can be connected from both the front side and the back side of the insert.
  • the insert is placed in a connection cavity in the desk box and can be angled between a connection position and an operating position so that an increased space for plugs is formed at the upperside of the inserts when the inserts are turned from the connection position into the operating position in order to allow a lid to be closable when electric consumers are connected to the inserts.
  • Fastening members are arranged to fit the desk box in a table top.

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  • Orthopedics, Nursing, And Contraception (AREA)
  • Closures For Containers (AREA)
  • Tables And Desks Characterized By Structural Shape (AREA)
EP10159777.1A 2009-04-20 2010-04-13 Drehbahre Schreibtischbox Withdrawn EP2251949A3 (de)

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SE0950258A SE533693C2 (sv) 2009-04-20 2009-04-20 Bordsbox infälld i bordskiva med anslutningar för el-, tele- och datauttag

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ES2427022R1 (es) * 2012-04-25 2013-12-12 Simon Sa Soporte para dispositivos electricos
WO2015140418A1 (fr) 2014-03-20 2015-09-24 Steelcase Sa Dispositif pour la fixation d'un cadre dans un orifice traversant d'un panneau
CN108041808A (zh) * 2018-01-23 2018-05-18 震旦（中国）有限公司 带翻板的桌面以及桌子
CN112971382A (zh) * 2021-02-24 2021-06-18 夏孝菊 一种招投标文件管理存放装置

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JPH088005A (ja) 1994-06-15 1996-01-12 Itoki Crebio Corp デスク用コンセント装置

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ES2427022R1 (es) * 2012-04-25 2013-12-12 Simon Sa Soporte para dispositivos electricos
RU2593763C2 (ru) * 2012-04-25 2016-08-10 Симон, С.А. Опорный держатель для электрических приборов
WO2015140418A1 (fr) 2014-03-20 2015-09-24 Steelcase Sa Dispositif pour la fixation d'un cadre dans un orifice traversant d'un panneau
CN108041808A (zh) * 2018-01-23 2018-05-18 震旦（中国）有限公司 带翻板的桌面以及桌子
CN108041808B (zh) * 2018-01-23 2024-05-03 震旦（中国）有限公司 带翻板的桌面以及桌子
CN112971382A (zh) * 2021-02-24 2021-06-18 夏孝菊 一种招投标文件管理存放装置
CN112971382B (zh) * 2021-02-24 2023-08-11 中曜招标股份有限公司 一种招投标文件管理存放装置

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